This morning, I will again be LIVE on Fox23’s “Great Day, Green Country” showing how to make this Springy, Silk Scarf Shirt. I like to create many of the items I wear-this not only helps pinch pennies but prevents the awkward ‘you’re wearing the same thing I’m wearing’ at a party. This scarf shirt is inexpensive and very simple to make.
Not only will it flatter any body type as it tapers in at the smallest point of the waist, but it will also keep you cool throughout a hot summer.
Skill Level: If I can do it, you can do it. (A.K.A. Easy.)

The robots have determined my live video can be viewed now. Enjoy. Nanu-nanu.

Determine which scarf will be your ‘front’ and which will be the ‘back’ of your shirt.
Lay your scarves end to end and measure the center. Pin the two pieces of 3” hem tape, 6 inches on either side of center. The area in the middle will be your neck opening.
And if you have a really big head or constantly sport a big hairdo, then widen the opening for heaven’s sake.

On what will be the sides of your scarf, measure 14 1/2” down. This measurement should be just above your belly button.
This will enhance the tiny part of your waist and make you look va-va-voom.
Using the 2” hem tape, pin both sections of the 18″ ribbon on the side of your ‘front scarf’ at the 14 1/2” mark.

Follow the same instructions if you are using snaps, pinning them onto the ‘back scarf.’ If using the 12″ ribbon and velcro, sew the (3) 2″ sections of velcro along the ribbon. Use the 2″ bias tape to secure the ribbon to the back scarf.

Sew everything you have pinned on with a straight stitch, making a box with the thread around the hem tape.
This ‘box’ protects the delicate nature of silk from tearing. And when you’ve eaten too much, you’ll be thankful for it.

Sew the ends of the ribbon to prevent them from fraying–unless you like that worn look. Or, you can use a lighter to burn the ends which will also prevent fraying.

After slipping your shirt over your head, fasten the snaps or the velcro in the front around your stomach area, and tie it closed with the ribbon in the back.
It looks great paired with skinny jeans, a flowy skirt or shorts. I tend to wear bold, chunky jewelry with my scarf shirt, but I give you permission to accessorize at will.

Happy Sewing!

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66 Responses to "Springy, Silk Scarf Shirt-Live on GDGC"

Love this version of the scarf top! Super easy but super stylish. I’d love for you to stop by Etcetorize to link up. Party ends tonight but there’s a new one starting on Sunday night. (http://etcetorize.blogspot.com)

That is so pretty…and flattering on you! And your site crashed? Do you know what happened? I was reading your guest post over at HoH and she said you had another blog a while back and it crashed and you had to start from scratch… This is a different crash, I take it? I’m working on moving to WordPress and hearing sites crashing gives me the heebie-jeebies….

Gwen-
It’s funny that you commented this morning. I was just telling my hubby about you and how funny your comments were last night! YOU ARE IN MY HEAD!!!
I had the same titled blog hosted by MAC and I created it in IWeb. The problem was that I was trying to make a dinky program like Iweb function like a $6,000 site or something. I added to much info or something and it’s tiny brain couldn’t handle it anymore. Allison and her hubby from HOH tried to help me export/import into a WordPress platform-but stuff was so messed up from Iweb, it wouldn’t work. So, I literally had to cut and past all the text, download each separate picture and rewrite every post I had ever done for the past year.
Wordpress has been wonderful-my web guy amazing, and I’m pretty happy with what WordPress has done for me. I wish I could add a few more pretties, but that will come with time and a bigger budget!

Rebekah, thank you very much for placing this post at Natural Mothers Network’s linky: Seasonal Celebration! You helped make Seasonal Celebration a wealth of intelligent, creative and resourceful information and it’s been such a pleasure for me and many others to read through each post . I am really looking forward to seeing you again Sunday evening or Monday! Rebecca x

I still don’t get the idea for the snaps….I see that they are supposed to be snapped around your stomach (under the scarf) but what’s the actual point…more stability? Does it gather the waist more? If you needed to adjust it wouldn’t you just tie the ribbon in the back looser or does that throw everything off. From all the other posts I see Rebeka and I are the only ones that don’t get it.

Marianne-
The snaps gather the waist and provide adjustability, yes. But they also keep the back of the shirt from flopping open. If it’s just tied from front to back, the back of the shirt is loose and able to expose those areas we want to keep private!

Rebekah, sorry to beat a dead horse, but I don’t get the necessity for the snaps or where they are placed. Why would the back flop open? You are tying it securely. We used to make these tops in the sixties and seventies and didn’t u se the bias tape either. I do love th idea of cinching the waist in ith the ribbon. Looks great on you. Thanks for posting. A seamstress for over 53 years I love the idea of making something for something else.

Disco Dotty-
The snaps attach to the back scarf and go around the front of you, basically around your stomach. Without the snaps, the back piece is unsecured. The ribbons attach to the front scarf and tie around your back side.
The bias tape prevents the delicate silk from tearing. Hope this helps!!

How can I access the results of your “DIY with scarves?” I have several lovely long, wide fringed silk scarves that I would LOVE to fabricate into something I could actually wear – like a ponch, jacket, etc.

The snaps attach to the back scarf and go around the front of you, basically around your stomach. The ribbons attach to the front scarf and tie around your back side. Hope this helps! Let me know if you need more help. I aim to please!

You are too kind, Isabel. You don’t see what I look like while sewing-usually I am in workout shorts and some weird shirt that’s easy to get on/off while I fit my project on me a million times. My hair looks like a fan was permanently installed above my head, I am without makeup and pretty sweaty-my office gets hot. But, hey-thanks for thinking I look beautiful. That’s super sweet!

Rebekah, I, too, am having trouble understanding how the snaps are used. Would it be possible for you to include the extra pics on the website (or send photos to me, too – as you offered in answer to Rian.) I have a slew of silk scarves – have tried to give away some that are absolutely beautiful, but all my friends say they have the same problem: too many scarves! For those of us who ‘don’t have a waist/’, couldn’t we just omit the ties altogether and let the shirt hang free, like a tunic? I understand about the need for the tape – if you’ve ever worn silk you know that the seams pull apart easily.
Thanks for sharing your idea – I love recycling everything, especially fabric!

Rachel-
I’ll take some pics asap and add them to the tutorial. I was trying to cut down on the pics so that the tutorial wasn’t super long-maybe that was a bad choice! As soon as hubby gets back from fighting these dang wildfires in OK, I’ll get on it!

Do you, or any of the talented and creative participants on your website have patterns for shawls/shrugs/jackets/ponchos crafted from those lovely LONG, WIDE scarves with beautiful fringes (my kids have given me a number of them, and the fabrics and fringes are gorgeous) but I am a short, stocky, busty granny – the scarves don’t stay on me, and they don’t look very flattering.
At Art and Craft shows, I have occasionally seen some lovely draped tops made from the scarves, but have never been bold enough to ask a retail artist to share her pattern.

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